Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, Dum Dum Girls released Only In Dreams. It’s been written in the stars. Read Garbage in MAGNET on Dum Dum Girls: The post Dum Dum Girls Released “Only In Dreams” 25 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Frankie Rose cut her teeth as a member of indie bands like Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls, and Crystal Stilts. On her own, she makes gauzy, gothy '80s-style synthpop. She has toured as an opener for bands like the Jesus And Mary Chain and Swervedriver, ... more info

Stereogum — Frankie Rose was a key participant in the Brooklyn indie rock universe many years ago, when she did stints in bands like Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls, and Crystal Stilts. For way longer than that, though, Rose has been making rapturous, shimmery '80s-... more info

Stereogum — Taylor Swift recently compiled a playlist for Spotify of songs that she "loves." There's some curious selections on there, at least if you're the sort of person who's interested in what the world's biggest pop star listens to in her spare time. (I kn... more info

Stereogum — Kristin Gundred, formerly known as Dum Dum Girls leader Dee Dee, recently reinvented herself under the new alias Kristin Kontrol. X-Communicate, her debut album of chilly Teutonic synthpop, came out last year, and now she's back with new single "Conc... more info

Stereogum — Brandon Welchez is the frontman of Crocodiles, a San Diego glam-punk institution and a 2009-vintage Band To Watch. But like his wife Kristin Kontrol, who left behind the glowing garage rock of Dum Dum Girls to make romantic synthpop under her new mon... more info

Stereogum — In recent years, Kristin Welchez, the (former?) leader of Dum Dum Girls, has been making icy synthpop under the name Kristin Kontrol. And now Pitchfork reports that she's teamed up with Andrew Miller, a producer who worked on the Kristin Kontrol albu... more info

Stereogum — Nashville rockers Big Surr play bright, beachy power-pop -- like Best Coast or Dum Dum Girls, but executed with the Camaro-ready fuzz-rock power that has come to characterize her town's prominent garage rock exports. My closest reference point for th... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Kristin Welchez, better known as Dum Dum Girls leader Dee Dee, reinvented herself with the new synthpop alias Kristin Kontrol and released an impressive new wave album called X-Communicate. And now it looks like that wasn’t a one... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Garbage kicked off August with a performance at Central Park SummerStage on August 1, continuing support on their new album Strange Little Birds, which was released via their own label, Stunvolume. Support came from Kristin Kontrol, the new solo proj... more info